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Colorado Mountain Express says happy with tests of propane autogas-fueled vans. Photo courtesy CME.
Lower costs and reduced emissions help drive shift to gas-fueled passenger vehicles
By Bob Berwyn
SUMMIT COUNTY — If you’ve taken a ride to or from DIA recently in a Colorado Mountain Express van, there’s a chance you were aboard one of the four vehicles powered by propane, a relatively clean-burning fossil fuel that generates less greenhouse gas emissions.
CME, which operates about 200 vans in Colorado, has been testing the propane-powered vans recently and may add more of the vehicles to its fleet, especially if the refueling infrastructure grows in coming years, according to marketing and sales director John Dawsey. (more…)
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